Pallet for drying brick



(Nomen 0. T. FITCH.

PALLET EUR DRYING BRIGKS.

No. 409,948. Patented Aug. 27, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT EEICE.

CHARLES T. FITCH, OF ELIZABETH, NEV JERSEY.

PALLET FOR DRYING BRICK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 409,948, dated August27, 1889.

Application filed January 22, 1889. Serial No. 297,138. (No model.)

T all whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES T. FITCH, of Elizabeth, in the county ofUnion and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Pallets for Drying Brick, of which the following' is afull, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to an improvement in pallets for drying brick, andhas for its special object to so improve the form of pallet for whichLetters Patent were granted to inyself August 7, 1888, No. 3S7AO5, thatthe construction thereof will be rendered more simple, and whereby thepallet may be manufactured at a minimum cost; and to that end theinvention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fullyset forth, and pointed out inthe claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar `figures of reference indicatecorresponding' parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the pallet. Fig'. 2 is a perspectiveview of the same, and Fig. 3 is a central Vertical section.

In carrying out the invention the en d pieces (or those piecesordinarily term ed the heads) are preferably formed of a single piece ofmetal of suitable width bent to rectangular shape and having their endsunited at the base by means of a rivet or equivalent device. In thesides of each head, at or near the top, a recess 11 is preferably madeby depressing' the said sides upon the outer surface. The heads areconnected by horizontal strips of metal 12, which strips are preferablyrectang'nlar in cross-section, and the ends of the said strips are madeto enter the recesses 11, whereby the outer faces of the strips and theouter surfaces of the heads at the side will be essentially iush. Abenehl is made to rest upon the upper surface of the heads, thelongitudinal edges of which bench are preferably bent at a right angledownward to a contact with the outer face of the connecting-bars l2, asbest shown in Fig. 2, the said flanged edges of the bench being' securedto the connecting-bars by screws 11 or other equivalent retainingdevice.

I desire it to be understood, if in practice it is found desirable, thatthe recess 11 in the heads may be omitted and the connecting-bar 12 besecured to the outer orinner face of the head at the sides7 as may befound most practicable.

I desire it to be further understood that while I have described theconn ecting-bars 12 as rectangular in cross-section, they may be formedto any other desired contour, with the exception of that of anangle-iron, and that the bench 13 may be perforated; but ordinarily thesaid bench consists of a single plain strip of metal. At theintersection of the ends of the head an angular strip 15 is attached,preferably by means of the same rivet uniting the said ends, thevertical member of which strip 15 is carried downward outside of thehead, forming' a loeking-lip 16%.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. In a pallet for drying' brick, thecombination, with the heads, of horizontal bars connecting the same, anda bench resting upon the said heads and secured thereto, substantiallyas shown and described.

2. In a pallet for drying brick, the combination, with the heads andhorizontal bars connecting' the same, of a bench resting upon the saidheads and conn ecting-bars, substantially as shown and described.

3. In a pallet for drying' brick, the combination, with the heads andhorizontal connect ing-bars essentially rectangular in cross-section anduniting' the said heads, of a bench horizontally supported upon the saidheads and secured to the said connecting-bars, substantially as shownand described.

CHARLES T. FITCH.

Witnesses:

J. F. ACKER, Jr., C. SEDewicK.

